A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
MeatLife Crisis
MeatLife Crisis is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 5th of 7 at the UK Barbecue Championships at Hayles Fruit Farm (2025). They are ranked #4540 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Meat Life Crisis”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 19, 2022
latest Jun 7, 2025 · 2.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.05
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.83 · weakest Chicken (149.46)
Road miles
14,441
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 4,816 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
620.56 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to MeatLife Crisis, each with one reason worth a look.
143 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,554 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Level with MeatLife Crisis on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,555 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,520 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
They were already cooking in 2014, 8 years before MeatLife Crisis's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 158.8572 | 141.1084 | 149.46 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 166.2628 | 150.8112 | 158.83 | top 70% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.8688 | 142.2744 | 154.61 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 167.9772 | 147.3600 | 157.67 | top 64% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 77% |
By state / province (where the contests were held)
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 3 | 0 | top 77% |
| GL | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 84% | Aug 16, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
121
finished ahead 39 times, behind 117
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score640.5372 UK Barbecue Championships at Hayles Fruit Farm
- Most recent contest UK Barbecue Championships at Hayles Fruit Farm
20243 milestones
- First call Cotswolds Barbecue Championship
- First overall top-10 Cotswolds Barbecue Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)167.9772 Cotswolds Barbecue Championship
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- Peak power rating (1497) Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships | Aug 18, 2023 |
| -6.6 | Cotswolds Barbecue Championship | Jun 22, 2024 |
| -5.9 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships | Aug 16, 2024 |
| -2.6 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships | Aug 19, 2022 |
| -0.9 | UK Barbecue Championships at Hayles Fruit Farm | Jun 7, 2025 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 89% | 89% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 79% | 86.7% | 86.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 83.3% | 83.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2025 | UK Barbecue Championships at Hayles Fruit Farm Cheltenham, GL | 5 / 7 (640.5372) | 7 (149.1428) | 5 (161.6800) | 4 (166.8688) | 4 (162.8456) |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 31 / 41 (617.5200) | 37 (150.2516) | 27 (162.2628) | 31 (157.6456) | 35 (147.3600) |
| Jun 22, 2024 | Cotswolds Barbecue Championship Cheltenham | 5 / 6 (624.4572) | 6 (147.9428) | 3 (166.2628) | 6 (142.2744) | 3 (167.9772) |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 44 / 48 (599.8624) | 47 (141.1084) | 42 (153.1200) | 45 (152.5484) | 37 (153.0856) |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 37 / 59 (620.4456) | 33 (158.8572) | 45 (150.8112) | 42 (153.7028) | 31 (157.0744) |